interesting.i played around with a folded heat exchanger - pics are long gone - but hard to make and heavy, the way i was doing it.didn't pack well (like to keep things contained in my pot / mug) and didn't seem to add any serious advantage to burn time.

hmm. must have had my bday listed wrong. its coming up soon though. october. life is good. being a dad is a wonderful wonderful thing. challenging too. been missing gear talk and such. pulled my diy starlyte out this week for an overnight bike trip coming up. fired up the tranigia. fired up one of m...

that's cool - but i'm going to make one of these for a pack. put all my gear in there and i'll be backpacking lite. just have to figure out that extension cord thing... or carry batteries. maybe solar powered?

A couple of years ago, "Outdoor Life" magazine had an article on making your own survival kit. It all fit in an Altoids tin including a space blanket. I will have to go into the archives and see if I can dig it up. Update......it was actually Field and Stream magazine. here is a link to i...

Here is the Starlyte at 6.8*F on Sunday January 20th in the Finger Lakes of NYS. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenamesweretaken/th_starlyte005.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenamesweretaken/th_starlyte003.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenameswere...

same spot, different day managed to get out before the sun poked over the greens and was just starting to hit the high peaks in the daks. http://lh3.google.com/mike.beganyi/R5VC9uXfEvI/AAAAAAAAD54/hZ6So9LOtmU/s800/IMG_4503.JPG sun coming up over the greens http://lh6.google.com/mike.beganyi/R5VDCeXf...

Here is the Starlyte at 6.8*F on Sunday January 20th in the Finger Lakes of NYS. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenamesweretaken/th_starlyte005.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenamesweretaken/th_starlyte003.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/allthenameswere...